September 19, 2024 11:00 am ET
UFC Corridor of Famer Matt Serra doesn’t assume Sean O’Malley’s nook confirmed a way of urgency at UFC 306.
O’Malley (18-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) was outgrappled in a unanimous decision loss to Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) in final Saturday’s title-fight headliner at Sphere in Las Vegas. Heading into Spherical 5, O’Malley was down 4 rounds on one of many judges’ scorecards and 3-1 on the opposite two. Serra, who’s one among Dvalishvili’s coaches, criticized Welch for not lighting a hearth beneath O’Malley when he was clearly shedding the battle.
“This battle uncovered him as a coach as a result of when your man is successful and knocking folks out, positive, you appear like a f*cking hero,” Serra mentioned on “UFC Unfiltered.” “When your fighter is clearly shedding the battle and he begins shedding rounds, Tim Welch was, like, not wanting to harm his emotions.
“‘OK, good spherical.’ No, you’re shedding f*cking three rounds! You’ve bought to get in his ass. You’ve bought to say – he was afraid that he didn’t know the best way to deal with his man on that many rounds. And I assumed his f*cking cornerwork was sh*t. So, he uncovered himself. You (Dvalishvili) took care of enterprise, and Tim Welch had no solutions for his fighter.”
O’Malley later revealed that he tore the labrum in his left hip 10 weeks previous to his battle with Dvalishvili. He’ll undergo surgery on Oct. 3. For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 306.
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